# 2007–08 VfL Bochum season

The 2007–08 VfL Bochum season was the 70th season in club history.

## Matches
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss

### DFB-Pokal
## Squad
### Squad and statistics
#### Squad, appearances and goals scored

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | GER | Philipp Heerwagen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SWE | Matias Concha | 20 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | GER | Martin Meichelbeck | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Marcel Maltritz | 33 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | GER | Christoph Dabrowski | 30 | 5 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | CZE | Pavel Drsek | 13 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | DEN | Tommy Bechmann | 22 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | POL | Tomasz Zdebel | 27 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SVK | Stanislav Šesták | 35 | 13 | 33 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | CMR | Joël Epalle | 28 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | POL | Marcin Mięciel | 27 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | GER | Danny Fuchs | 18 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | GER | Benjamin Auer | 18 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | CAN | Daniel Imhof | 24 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | AUT | Marc Sand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | CRO | Ivo Iličević (until 31 December 2007) | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | UKR | Oleksiy Byelik (since 30 January 2008) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | GER | Oliver Schröder | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | GER | Dennis Grote | 20 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | DF | GER | Mërgim Mavraj | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Marc Pfertzel | 29 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | GER | Mimoun Azaouagh (since 1 January 2008) | 14 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | JPN | Shinji Ono (since 29 January 2008) | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | GER | Philipp Bönig | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ALG | Antar Yahia | 35 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | GER | Heinrich Schmidtgal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | CZE | Jan Laštůvka | 27 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | GER | David Zajas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | GER | Patrick Fabian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | GER | René Renno | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | GER | İlkay Gündoğan (since 1 January 2008) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source:

### Transfers
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Philipp Heerwagen (from SpVgg Unterhaching) |
| 2 | DF | SWE | Matias Concha (from Djurgårdens IF) |
| 9 | FW | SVK | Stanislav Šesták (from MŠK Žilina) |
| 11 | FW | POL | Marcin Mięciel (from PAOK) |
| 13 | MF | GER | Danny Fuchs (from SpVgg Greuther Fürth) |
| 14 | FW | GER | Benjamin Auer (loan return from 1. FC Kaiserslautern) |
| 16 | FW | AUT | Marc Sand (from FC Kärnten) |
| 20 | DF | GER | Mërgim Mavraj (from Darmstadt 98) |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Marc Pfertzel (from Livorno) |
| 25 | DF | ALG | Antar Yahia (from Nice, previously on loan) |
| 26 | MF | GER | Heinrich Schmidtgal (from SC Verl) |
| 27 | GK | CZE | Jan Laštůvka (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) |
| 30 | DF | GER | Patrick Fabian (from VfL Bochum II) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | DEN | Peter Skov-Jensen (to Sandefjord Fotball) |
| 2 | DF | GER | Benjamin Lense (to Hansa Rostock) |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Fábio Júnior (to Hapoel Tel Aviv) |
| 10 | MF | GER | Dariusz Wosz (retired) |
| 11 | FW | BEL | Joris Van Hout (to Westerlo) |
| 16 | MF | BIH | Zvjezdan Misimović (to 1. FC Nürnberg) |
| 17 | DF | GER | Heiko Butscher (to SC Freiburg) |
| 21 | MF | CZE | Filip Trojan (to FC St. Pauli) |
| 22 | FW | GRE | Theofanis Gekas (loan return to Panathinaikos) |
| 23 | MF | GER | Ersan Tekkan (to Antalyaspor) |
| 26 | GK | GER | Alexander Bade (to SC Paderborn) |
| 27 | DF | GER | David Czyszczon (to Rot-Weiss Essen) |
| 28 | MF | GER | Lucas Oppermann (to Wuppertaler SV) |
| 29 | FW | GER | Sebastian Hille (to Borussia Dortmund II) |
| 36 | DF | SUI | David Pallas (released) |
| 45 | GK | CZE | Jaroslav Drobný (loan return to Ipswich Town) |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | UKR | Oleksiy Byelik (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) |
| 22 | MF | GER | Mimoun Azaouagh (on loan from Schalke 04) |
| 23 | MF | JPN | Shinji Ono (from Urawa Red Diamonds) |
| 35 | MF | GER | İlkay Gündoğan (from VfL Bochum U-19) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | CRO | Ivo Iličević (on loan to SpVgg Greuther Fürth) |

## VfL Bochum II

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Oberliga Westfalen | Oberliga Westfalen |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | MF | GER | Mirkan Aydın | 14 | 2 | 14 | 2 |
| | GK | GER | David Buchholz | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| | DF | GER | Jürgen Duah | 31 | 3 | 31 | 3 |
| | FW | GER | Sami El-Nounou | 32 | 26 | 32 | 26 |
| | DF | GER | Patrick Fabian | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| | MF | GER | Dennis Grote | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | FW | TUR | Dilaver Güçlü | 32 | 6 | 32 | 6 |
| | DF | GER | Thiemo Höhn | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| | MF | CRO | Ivo Iličević | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| | DF | GER | Christian Kalina | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | DF | GER | Daniel Klinger | 27 | 4 | 27 | 4 |
| | GK | GER | Andreas Luthe | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | MF | GER | Martin Lyttek | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | GER | Mërgim Mavraj | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| | DF | GER | Martin Meichelbeck | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | GER | Marc-Andre Nimptsch | 26 | 1 | 26 | 1 |
| | FW | GER | Marko Onucka | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| | DF | GER | Oliver Rademacher | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | GK | GER | René Renno | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | AUT | Marc Sand | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| | MF | GER | Heinrich Schmidtgal | 30 | 4 | 30 | 4 |
| | DF | GER | Lukas Schmitz | 13 | 2 | 13 | 2 |
| | DF | GER | Rouven Schröder | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| | FW | TUR | Suri Ucar | 18 | 2 | 18 | 2 |
| | MF | GER | Sebastian Westerhoff | 12 | 5 | 12 | 5 |
| | MF | GER | Kevin Wölk | 26 | 2 | 26 | 2 |
| | MF | GER | Dennis Yilmaz | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| | MF | GER | David Zajas | 32 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| | MF | CAN | Gianluca Zavarise | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
* Source:

## Sources

* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Werder Bremen 2:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Energie Cottbus – VfL Bochum 1:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Hamburger SV 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Hannover 96 – VfL Bochum 3:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Bayer 04 Leverkusen – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Eintracht Frankfurt 0:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfB Stuttgart – VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Nürnberg 3:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Borussia Dortmund – VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Bayern München 1:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Hertha BSC – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – VfL Wolfsburg 5:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "MSV Duisburg – VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Arminia Bielefeld 3:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "FC Schalke 04 – VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Karlsruher SC 2:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Hansa Rostock – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Werder Bremen – VfL Bochum 1:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Energie Cottbus 3:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Hamburger SV – VfL Bochum 3:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Hannover 96 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Eintracht Frankfurt – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – VfB Stuttgart 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "1. FC Nürnberg – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Borussia Dortmund 3:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Bayern München – VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Hertha BSC 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Wolfsburg – VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – MSV Duisburg 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Arminia Bielefeld – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – FC Schalke 04 0:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Karlsruher SC – VfL Bochum 1:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Hansa Rostock 1:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Dynamo Dresden – VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Alemannia Aachen – VfL Bochum 3:2" (in German). kicker.